Recent content by ThreeBearsHD

Nope. It hasn't happened for a couple of weeks now, and with the recalls on my jeep, I've been too busy to bring it in.

My brother has those on his Tacoma and likes them. I was wondering, what happens if you are off-roading and need to stop and get out with a rock or log under your door? Does the step try to deploy, hits the object, then automatically retract?

Found the perfect hitch cover for the new bumper... Bumper doesn't stick out too far...

I was perusing a public auction site looking for land in AZ to buy when I came across an auction for an ambulance. Normally, I have no use for a used ambulance, but this rig is in great shape and a few hours from me. It was bid up to $1500. I put in a bid for $4k. Then I started searching...

Had my crappy Chinese winch bumper replaced with a very nice Steelcraft bumper. Local off-road shop charged me $400 and my kept my old bumper. He did a great job!

They were ordered through the Discount Tire/Tirerack website. UPDATE: My 2nd email to Milestar was completely ignored. My email to Discount Tire was immediately responded to and I had the manager of the store I used calling me within 4 hours. I called him back and he was awesome. He agreed...

I bought a set of Milestar Patagonia X/T tires in 37" for my pickup about three weeks ago from Discount Tire. On the 75-mile trip home, I noticed that they were not properly balanced. Since the cost of going back to Discount Tire in terms of fuel and time was excessive, I just went to a local...

Maybe I just haven't experienced an obnoxious mud tire design since those Super Swampers? The last two mud tires I have run were the Cooper Evolution MTs... And the Milestar Patagonia MTs... Neither tire was loud or obnoxious going down the road, and I ran both tires on road trips...

I have been driving and modifying vehicles for over 40 years and in all that time, and dozens of vehicles, only one vehicle had tire noise that was noticeable and obnoxious. It was a 1979 Dodge W100 that was lifted and on 36" Interco Super Swampers. I owned it in 1990 while stationed on Kauai...

The MT Baja Boss ATs are the best tire I've ever ran. They are on my Jeep and were on my Ram until I went up to 37s and decided to try the Patagonia XTs for $140 less each tire.

I went from pizza cutter 35s to "normal" 37x12.50R17s. The 37s look way better, and my average mpg has not noticeably changed. I'm doing a 3000-mile road trip to Arizona and back in 3 weeks and wanted bigger and wider rubber for the desert trails I go on. Before... After...

Yeah, I had checked that out before and was hoping that the zero offset would work, but it rubs. Definitely need to upgrade to their front leveling kit. Thanks!

Thanks for the info! I'm debating going with a true 4-inch lift, but it is insanely expensive! Looking like $1600 for the kit, and another $700 for install and alignment. Crazy.

Took the truck to a local tire shop to have the new wheels and tires balanced. Discount Tire is incapable of balancing wheels and tires. I was about a half hour from the Discount Tire and on a good road when I finally realized that they weren't balanced. I took the truck to a local shop and...

I added a cheap Chinese steel bumper up front and a 16.5k winch. The bumper was about 100lbs and the winch another 70. I didn't notice any issues at all with the minor weight increase. But, I want to upgrade the bumper to something higher quality such as a Steelcraft bumper, and the one I...